From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: init loading phenomena Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 07:48:41 -0700 Organization: Still searching... Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031069685 13771 127.0.0.1 (3 Sep 2002 16:14:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:14:45 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mGK5-0003Z2-00 for ; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 18:14:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mGLd-0002QR-00; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 12:16:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p-831.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:S1I2WvNIpOkmJOAis0VwK4SYaL0= Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104441 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1004 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1004 I've noticed something that seems strange or even incorrect in emacs init process on my setup: I have a site-start.el file in /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp, its actually a symlink to a file by that name in a local cvs repository. I have a line in site-start.el that is supposed to inhibit the splash screen. (setq inhibit-splash-screen t) However, when I start emacs, I still get a splash screen. Looking at C-h v I see that path is there in this postion: /usr/local/src/emacs-w3m /usr/local/tramp/lisp /usr/local/url/lisp /usr/local/w3/lisp /usr/local/gnus/lisp /usr/local/bbdb/lisp /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/site-lisp /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp [...] Oddly some of the earlier paths are set in site-start.el, but maybe these aren't displayed in the order they are set. Anyway getting to the punch line: As mentioned, the setup still displays the splash screen, however if I put this in .emacs: (load-file "~/.site-start.el") Where ~/.site-start.el is also a symlink to that same file in cvs, then the splash screen disappears. The load-path appears to remain unchanged. So what is going on in the init process that allows the splash screen to still be displayed in the first scenario?